
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From   1 June 2022     Period start date   To 31 May 2023     Period end date** 

## **Charity name: The Ani-mel Haven** 

## **Charity registration number: 1161359** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|For the benefit of the public to relieve the<br>suffering of wildlife animals in need of care<br>and attention in Cumbria and the<br>surrounding area and, in particular, to<br>provide and maintain a rescue home or<br>other facilities for the reception, care and<br>treatment of such animals and to educate<br>the public in matters pertaining to animal<br>welfare in general and the prevention of<br>cruelty and suffering among animals.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Within the year, the charity has provided<br>care and housing for neglected and injured<br>animals, and if possible released back to<br>the wild once the rehabilitation process has<br>been completed. Disability groups<br>undertaking maintenance therapy work<br>round the nursery.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have regarded the guidance<br>issued by the charity commission.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment 



Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The main achievements within the year<br>include rehabilitation of wild animals,<br>forever homes have been<br>provided for animals.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Donations from the general public<br>increased this year as a result of the charity<br>opening a shop.<br>The charitable spending on maintenance<br>costs decreased significantly, however the<br>charity has now incurred additional rental<br>costs.|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|During the period the charity operated<br>without reserves. The trustees budget to<br>spend all the income received each year on<br>the charity's activities.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£0|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|The trustees budget to spend all the<br>income received each year on the charity’s<br>activities.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|The charity’s cash deficit has reduced<br>slightly this year.|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|At the date of this report, it is not<br>considered that there are any uncertainties.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO – Foundation Registered 21 April 2015|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable trust|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by trustees|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Ani-Mel Haven|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1161359|
|Charity’s principal address|The Barn,<br>Bank Mill,<br>Silloth, Wigton<br>CA7 4LF|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Miss Melanie<br>James||||
||Mr William Joseph<br>Lunson James||||
||Mr Kevin Murdoch||||
||Ms Carmen Day||||
||Ms Julie Bennet||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets Land and buildings at Bank Mill belong to Father, William held in this capacity James (joint trustee), no rent being made, upkeep being paid for by Charity. Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||



**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** M James **Full name(s)** Miss Melanie Jane James **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 28/03/2024 



||<br>**Charity Name**<br><br>**The Ani-Mel Haven**|<br>**Charity Name**<br><br>**The Ani-Mel Haven**|<br>**Charity Name**<br><br>**The Ani-Mel Haven**|**No (if any)**<br>**1161359**|**No (if any)**<br>**1161359**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>01/06/2022|**To**|Period end date<br>31/05/2023|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**7,339**<br>**31,694**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,033**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,033**<br>**13,810**<br>**1,806**<br>**11,000**<br>**1,929**<br>**1,766**<br>**3,943**<br>**586**<br>**-**<br>**1,353**<br>**31**<br>**2,109**<br> **38,333**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**38,333**<br>**700**<br>**-**<br>**-                 6,098**<br>**-                 5,398**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**7,339**<br>**31,694**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,033**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,033**<br>**13,810**<br>**1,806**<br>**11,000**<br>**1,929**<br>**1,766**<br>**3,943**<br>**586**<br>**-**<br>**1,353**<br>**31**<br>**2,109**<br>**38,333**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38,333**<br> <br>**700**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**7,339**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**7,339**||**2,567**|
|Other income|**31,694**|||**31,694**||**1,877**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**39,033**|||**39,033**||**4,444**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**39,033**||**4,444**|
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|Foodpurchases|**13,810**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**13,810**||**11,197**|
|Vet and health costs|**1,806**|||**1,806**||**1,632**|
|Rent|**11,000**|||**11,000**|||
|Light and heat|**1,929**|||**1,929**|||
|Repairs and maintenance|**1,766**|||**1,766**||**13,328**|
|Motor expenses|**3,943**|||**3,943**||**2,314**|
|Insurance|**586**|||**586**||**378**|
|Printing, postage and stationery|**-**|||**-**||**10**|
|Accountancyfees|**1,353**|||**1,353**||**1,028**|
|Bank charges|**31**|||**31**|||
|Sundry|**2,109**|||**2,109**||**2,879**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**38,333**|||**38,333**||**32,766**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**38,333**||**32,766**|
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||**700**|**-**|**-**|<br>**700**||**-              28,322**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-                 6,098**|**-**||**-                 6,098**||**-**|
||**-                 5,398**|**-**|**-**|**-                 5,398**||**-              28,322**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

22/03/2024 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Cash and bank<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Motor Vehicles<br>Equipment<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>M James|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-                     5,398**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                 5,398**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Melanie James|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||M James|Melanie James|22/01/2024|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

22/03/2024 

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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name The Ani-Mel Haven **members of On accounts for the year** 31/05/2023 **Charity no** 1161359 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/05/2023. 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**Signed:** S Seavor **Date:** 28/03/2024 

**Name:** Sarah Seavor **Relevant professional** Chartered Tax Advisor **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 

**Address:** Unit 7, Clifford Court, Cooper Way, Carlisle, CA3 0JG 

## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**October 2018** 

1 

**IER** 



**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

**October 2018** 

2 

**IER** 

